Vehicle attachment



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Be it-kno'xvn that I, SAMUEL As Dizznnga' citizen of the lDominion ofCanada-,and

resident of Delaeld; in the county ofWVau kesha and State of Wisconsin,have invented new and" useful .Improvements inv Vehicle Attachments, ofwhich the olloiving'isa description, 'reference being `had to the accompanyinlg drawings, which a-rea vpart of. this specification.

Thel present invention relates to certain new and' useful improvementsAin vehicle attacliinents4 and has for one of its. objects to provide adevice movable into and out of the oV erators .line ofV visiontofmod-i-fy'any blinding or glaring rays of light that may beencountered.

Often'times, an operator .of a -machine drivingat night will be-blindedby the headlight ofv an oncoming machine f'c'ausing the operator todrive his machine :into a ditch a'nd'perha s 'colliding with theoncon'iinter machine. 'i lso at times the suns rays will be iu'such aposition as to blind the vehicle operator-causin him to run ofi the roadand possibly -wirec "ing the machine.

Hence with the above and other objecv tions invmind, ythis' inventionhas for anotherobjcct to provide a light modifying. 'deviceof simpleconstruction which may be instantly nioved' to a' position within the.line of vision of the operator to. modify and eliminatevtlie blindingrays of lightso that the operator may continue the operation" of hismachine -ivith safety.

- A further Qb'ect of the present inventionl is tri-providea-ightlmodifying device of the class described formed of coloredtransluv cent material and normally :urged .to .a posi- V.tion outo'xthe operetors line of vision but Y vreadiljpy movable linto theope-ratorls Vline of vision and havin mean-s 4for releasably se curi-ngthe same ini'such position,4

A lstill further obj-ect of this invention' is to rovide a device 'ofthe class described -vliich vill be 'of neat andornaniental-a`ppear-ance, )will :occupy va"com{liifatively small' amountof space, and which iscapable of ready attachment -t'o machines either'at the time of their manufacture Vo1' to 'the ma- "chines now in use. yt With tbe-'above and other obj'ects m view which "will appear astliedescriptionpio ceeds, my invention residesin-'tlie-novel' con'.lstruct-ion, combination and arrangement of `parts substantially ashereinafter 'described invention; A-

Figure 2 1s -a fragmentary vview looking andmcre particularly-defined bthe"ap.' 4pendeii claims, it being iindeistoody changes inthe preciseembodiment of the that such herein disclosed inven't-onfm'ay *made ascome within the sco of the claims.

In the'accompanying drawing I have l- 'v lustrated one. complete exampleof the physical embodiment of my invention `con- .tructed according tothe best mode' I have so far devised for the practical application ofthe principles thereof, and in which:

Fi ure 1 is a view 'of a v'portion of-,a dashboar ci. a motor :vehicleequipped with my toward the securing-'bracket from4 the right withreference to Figure 1, the lig-ht inodi.

fying member carrying arm being illus tat'ed as 'in u p'riglit1posit-ion 4with :thefmodfying dev-ice in the oiie'rators line'of visiong,

and

ifying. member carrying arm on t e plane 'indicated by the line 3-.3 ofFigure 2.

Referring .now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, theniimeralv, desi: ignates' generally abody of a vehicle, 6 ,the

usual wind shield, and 7 thel dash or instrument board to which mydevice is 'gerefer-A .ably attached;

My ile'vice consists of 'a se'ouringbracket member 8 having 0. positedirected arms securedA to :the 'boar 7' in .any-desired mana-.- ner. Thebracket member Sfhas secured .fth'er'etdasat l0 near its uppermost -endvt. Y

mount-ed asiip'porting a-rrn 12. The su'pportf ing' arm ,12 has itslowermostendfextended -'slightly beyond ,the pflivotbolt as at 113-, and

its upper end 14 is recessed or grooved to adustably rece-ive a.support-ing stem- 15' of The light-modi "ingr devicelists cina member ITof 'colored translucent material. "such as glass, 'isinglasm orthe-Stilte, prefer ably of orange 'coior and secured in ultram;

18 carried by the'steml 15', The stem 15 is adju'stably secured in'place a set' screw 19, and as will be-'reaciily'=apparent, the de vice',16 is moved toward for away from theA Pivabolt .11 i@ winst 'the sameto 'best suis the height of title operator.

fWhen not in use, and but of ,the line' ofvision' of thefoperatogihearmi112 is a sub'- Figiire 3 n. view taken transverseliy f through thesecuring bracket 'and ligh-t' m0 tios l in a springvclip() to prei-'entrattli "iv there'- ef. he ermv 12 normal-ly y-ie dinly urged Vto itsposition wit-hin the spring c' i-p by anex ansile spring 21- coiledlabout the' wotboJ: 11 intermediate the ermsind racketimernber with one.end thereof en ng ing the nrm 12 as at 22 and its other 'en eri- 'gagingthe bracket-'member 8 asvat 23. This .construction at all timesyielclin'giy urges the with the lio'htfrnodifying device out of the'arm' 1 2 nnd with ift the modifying device to its' full line positiondepicted in Figure 1 operntors ine of visioni* "If'desi-red, lthe arm 12 may be swung hand t'o position the light modifying device in theoperators lineof visio-n, with the erm 12 in upright position, und Iprovide means y for readilyv releasebly seciiring the arinin uprightposition against the action of spring 21. The end 13 of the arm has ,abracket member 24'secured thereto and formed of two lipposed angledplates between which is. pivoted as at 25 a latch member 26, having anend 2T shaped to engagethe right side oiedge of the bracket member 'andthus hold the arm 12 `egziinst movement under ach* .tion of-spring 21.The other endl 28 of. the

'latch 26 provides a fin er engaging portion for releasing" the latexfrom engagement with the bracket member. Seid latch is. nor` mall" urgedto engagement with the bracket mem er b an expansile spring 29positioned between tie arm 12 and the latch member-26'.

For the convenient and ready-operationl of the device; I provide a; foot4pedal 30 having one. end pivot'ed as :it 3,1v in a bracket 32 securedto the floor board 3 3 near the driver.

The pedal 30 is connected with the end 13 `of the arm 12 bye. connectinglink orrori 34'- 4so thats depressionof 'the pecl-iii will swingthe'cuter end vof the arm 12'to in upright position with the light,modifying device in the operators line' of vision. v

Upon the arm position, the latch i rt-ion4 27 lof the member-26,1villengage 'ehin'd the adjacent side.V

,of the bracket 28 and thus secure the device .in position, andfwhen itis desired te move: the`devic'e to its Ainoperative position, the end 28of the latch 2 6 is depressed' when the arm 12 will instantly move-iinder actionl of its spring 21 to :its picted in Figure L What I claimas my invention is:

'(1. A device of the class described oom- -prising a 'normallyhorizontally imsitioned arm pivotedto a su,- .wl'iich siid' arm maytion, aspx-.ing normally urging sai-cl arm into .siiidcli'p, a footpedal, a Knit/connecting seid pedal to one endof said' erm, and ii lightport, a `spring clip inA end' of said erin,4 whereb; -iip'on depressingsaid pedal, said Aarm miiy stiintiallr-ve-rtical position for tl'iepurpose `describe v 2. Adeviee of the Class described con prising 4abracket member fixed to n support adjacent the -wind shield, e normallyhori-. zontelly esitionel arm member pivoted to said brac et inernber,va spring cli-p in which sind arm may lie when inf'eaid position, n`

s ring normally i-irgii'iji;l Said erm lint-0 seid cip, a foot pedal, jaink connecting said pedal to one' end of said arm member, e iight modif'ing element mounted-chille opposite" e swung to a s ub-l full lineposition dewheninsa-id posiv vi modifying iiie'mber mounted 'on theopposite en d e sind ,arm member, 'whereby upon de-J e swung' tosifbiitiill'jeiiticzil position, and alatch piveteden one ef sindmembers and adapted to operatively 'engage theotlier of said members'when the arm member -s ressing. siii-d. pediilssaiitarmcmember muyswun'g to its 'vert-ical' 4position for the purv pose described.-

In testimony 'iv-hereof., fii'i'fcmy SAMUEL A.

